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Guest DT Rae Barthel:: Card Tutorial

We're here to share our guest DT Rae Barthel's "Thanks For Everything" card tutorial. Enjoy!

STEP 1 - Gather the following supplies pictured above.  

STEP 2 - Cut piece of floral paper 5 1/4" x 4" to fit card front. Round corners. Trim die cut papers, layer, and adhere to the left side of the card with foam tape.

STEP 3 -  Layer scrap on pink paper on green paper. Adhere sentiment sticker. Adhere to card front.

STEP 4 - Tie a bow in the length of red polka dot ribbon. Adhere, on an angle, to the card front. Adhere card front to card base.

STEP 5 - Adhere additional embellishments (felt flower, white felt bird, sentiment flag) to card front.

Happy Creating!

Guest DT Sharron Hoff:: Card Tutorial

Happy Easter CC2G Friends! We're here to share our guest DT Sharron Hoff's "Wish You Were Here" card tutorial. Enjoy!

[products used for tutorial]

STEP 1:

From the green dot zigzag paper, cut a piece 4.5 x 2.5 inches. From the gray stripe paper, punch or die cut two 1.25 inch circles and one 1.25 inch flower shape. From the butterfly paper, cut three butterflies. {I cheated and used a punch for these that happened to fit the size of those on the paper, the Martha Stewart Classic butterfly punch.}

Tip: For depth and texture, ink each piece before you begin assembling.

 

STEP 2:

Using pop dots or foam tape, adhere the butterflies to the circle and flower shapes. Attach buttons to the butterflies with glue dots, then adhere the shapes to the green dot piece with pop dots.

 

Adhere the embellished rectangle to the card front.

STEP 3:

Choose the sentiment {Wish You Were Here} from the sticker sheet and attach to the rectangle. Brush the back of the sticker with baby powder or cornstarch to remove the stickyness from the adhesive and attach using foam tape or pop dots, as I have done here. Use corner rounder on the lower right corner of the card.

"I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial for making this quick and easy card. The layout design is easily adaptable and can be done in various ways in different themes and different embellishments."

Thanks Sharron for being our guest for the month of March! We loved having you. 

Guest DT Jennifer Koss: "You and Me" Card Tutorial

We are excited to welcome back Guest Designer Jenn and her "You and Me" step-by-step card.

Supplies Needed:

• 4 ¼ X 5 ½ card base (cream)
• patterned papers (Basic grey truly, Heartbreaker, Butterfly) Script paper
• burgundy flower
• ric rac ribbon
• pink button
• pink rhinestones
• Dots Embossing folder
• Distress ink (tea dye)

Step 1:  Lightly applying distress ink along edge of card base.  Cut patterned paper to 4 X 5 ¼ then emboss with dots embossing folder.  Attach to card base.

Step 2: Cut pink patterned paper to 3 1/8 X 4 14/16 and cut script paper to 3 X 4 ¾.  Adhere script paper to pink paper and attach You and Me sticker to left side.  Next tie ric rac ribbon around papers. 

Step 3: Cut out 2 hearts from heartbreaker paper.  Attach hearts next to the sticker.  Attach to card base.

Step 4: Attach your burgundy flower embellishment with pink button in the center of flower and 3 rhinestones to the upper left side of sticker.

Happy Cardmaking!

Tutorial Thursday!

Today I'm showing you a couple of Halloween cards you can make yourself by following these step-by-step directions, including photos. Our designers work very hard to make these cards just for you every month! Take a look in the October Gallery for even more! So, get your kit out and get ready to create a few cards in just minutes.

Card by Kay:
 

1. Adhere a solid cardstock piece onto the white card base.  Adhere orange pattern paper at the bottom of the card.  Layer the multi color stripe paper at the top edge of the orange paper.  Then, adhere the decorative "diamond" paper across the center of the multi color stripe pattern paper. Place your cut out costume character paper just above the multi stripe paper.
 
2. Position "Happy Halloween" rub on at the top of your card.
 
3. Punch out a 1 1/2 circle of the black and white polka dot paper.  Crumple the circle so that it looks wrinkled.  Tie the twine onto your button and trim the ends.
 
4. Adhere the button onto the wrinkled polka dot circle then adhere the whole piece to the left side of the card on top of the "diamond" paper strip.
 

Card by Melanie:
 

1. Choose your papers for card. Hand draw witch's hat on white paper. Hat should be approx. 2.5" tall to fit on 2" tall pumpkin. Trim purple background paper to fit card. Attach. Trim words paper. Adhere to card and machine stitch around edges.
 
2. Trace the witch hat onto the green paper and trim.
 
3. Punch three ovals from orange cardstock. Ink edges with black or charcoal ink.
 
4. Assemble ovals to form pumpkin. Adhere pieces to card.
 
5. Peel back from eyes and attach eyes. Adhere hat to card. Cut a strip of black paper for band around hat. Attach buttons and tag. For pumpkin mouth, use part of an alphabet letter sticker that has a curve. Trim and adhere.